Hello Everyone,
I'm looking for some help regarding an observation I've made with true peak levels in my DAW. I've been analyzing tracks that I downloaded from YouTube, running them through a Youlean loudness meter without any additional processing or gain changes. Surprisingly, these tracks consistently show a true peak value of +0.6 dB, despite them all being professionally mastered and presumably optimized for intersample peaks before being uploaded.
This consistent exceedance of 0 dB in true peak readings has me wondering if this could be related to the compression methods used during the upload process to platforms, or if there's another technical factor at play.
Is this a known issue that others have experienced, and what could possibly be causing these higher than expected true peak readings?
Thanks!
I'm looking for some help regarding an observation I've made with true peak levels in my DAW. I've been analyzing tracks that I downloaded from YouTube, running them through a Youlean loudness meter without any additional processing or gain changes. Surprisingly, these tracks consistently show a true peak value of +0.6 dB, despite them all being professionally mastered and presumably optimized for intersample peaks before being uploaded.
This consistent exceedance of 0 dB in true peak readings has me wondering if this could be related to the compression methods used during the upload process to platforms, or if there's another technical factor at play.
Is this a known issue that others have experienced, and what could possibly be causing these higher than expected true peak readings?
Thanks!
Statistics: Posted by drissa — Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:26 pm — Replies 4 — Views 68